Strike averted at ESB plant as Polish workers re-employed

STRIKE action at Moneypoint power station was averted at the last minute last night as Polish workers who had been sacked and told to return home were taken on by the project’s main contractor.

The move prompted the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) to call off a day of protest planned for today at the facility which provides 25% of the State’s electricity.

Last night, TEEU regional secretary Pat Guilfoyle said the project’s main contractor Lurgi-Lentjens had agreed to employ a Polish shop steward and two colleagues who earlier this week had been sacked by Polish firm ZRE Katowice. A further sacked worker decided on Monday night to return to Poland.